Epäreiluksi

Epäreiluksi is a translative form of the Finnish adjective epäreilu, meaning unfair. It expresses a change of state, indicating that something has become unfair or turned into an unfair condition. The form is used with verbs that denote transformation, such as muuttua (to become), tulla (to become), or joutua (to end up).

In practice, epäreiluksi appears in sentences where a situation, rule, decision, or outcome is described as having become unfair. Examples include: Tilanne muuttui epäreiluksi. (The situation became unfair.) and Päätös teki tilanteen epäreiluksi. (The decision made the situation unfair.) The form can also appear in contexts such as discussions of fairness in sports, legislation, or administrative practices, where previously neutral or balanced conditions shift toward an unfair state.

Morphology and usage notes: epäreilu is the base adjective meaning unfair. Its translative singular form is epäreiluksi, while the plural translative form is epäreilluiksi. The use of epäreiluksi is typically tied to verbs indicating change of state, rather than to static descriptions. It is less common to use epäreiluksi to refer to people directly; the construction usually targets situations, rules, decisions, or processes.

Related terms include epäreiluus (unfairness), which names the quality or concept, and epäreilu-arvoinen or epäoikeudenmukainen, variants that convey related ideas of injustice. In Finnish, the translative form helps specify that a transition to unfairness has occurred, rather than asserting permanent property.